The 26 inch AK got here yesterday. Pix.

Looks very nice. I noticed Yangdu can get her fingers all the way around the handle. So can she hold it up with the blade pointing straight out? I probably can't.

Will
 
So, do you think the new owner will give us a review? I'd be interested in finding if this is going to be a "using" khukuri or a conversation piece.

Even with my penchant for large knives and swords, I would find it difficult to use this thing on a daily basis. 4 kg is a lot to swing!

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Watakushi Wa Shinajin Desu
DeathDancer
 
The AK would make a good using khukuri. 5-6.5 LB is acceptable, especially if two hands can be used. Mauls a sledge hammers are quite common in the 8-10 LB range.

It would be easier to use a big khukuri daily rather than periodically. The body will have time to adapt to the job.

Will
 
That's not a knife--this here is a ... (well, you get the idea). Seems like no matter how large a kukhri you get, some one else always manages to get a larger one.

By the way, Uncle Bill, is that the famous computer shack in the background of the photo?

rf
 
Wow, a 26" AK - and I have only a 25" Sirupati to keep my tendonitis happy; but anyway, I just got recently infected with HIKV
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[This message has been edited by Anton Irmen (edited 01-26-2001).]
 
:
Anton if you don't mind me asking is there stll places in Germany that you can go and legally chop down trees or deadwood in a forest?
And what kinds of trees grows around your area?


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"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
Hallo Yvsa,

Compared to Wyoming, where I lived for more than a year, Germany is awfully crowded. At the moment, I am living in a town with a population of 350 000, but fortunately it takes me only a 10 minute walk to reach a nice beech/spruce forest. As long as I would chop on deadwood, nobody would care (chopping down living trees just for the fun of and without any need is not a thing I find too wise, anyway). The only problem are the slighty irritated looks you might get from some bystanders. In most of the bigger cities in Germany however, finding and chopping down trees might get you in similar trouble as chopping down trees in New York's Central Park.

The area where I grew up, and where my parents still live is very rural. A small place with a population of 270 and the next village is around 8 miles away. It is a rather hilly area, so it still is mostly forested. I am in the lucky position to own a few acres of woodland there (beech, oak, spruce, hazel and maple trees), so the legal aspect of chopping down anything I want is no problem. But even in this region, there are no "natural" forests left. Around 1850, people started to plant pine trees (which where not native to this area)everywhere, since they grow faster than oaks or beeches. What was left of the "natural" forests was mostly chopped down after WWII, because people needed firewood and money from selling timber. Most of these areas then where reafforested with the fast-growing spruce.

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Always plan ahead... It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.


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[This message has been edited by Anton Irmen (edited 01-26-2001).]
 
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